The Big Obsidian Flow lava flow in the foreground covers about 2.6 km² of the floor of Newberry caldera and was emplaced about 1,300 years ago. The eruption occurred at a vent at the base of the southern caldera wall, out of view to the right.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1984 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Galleries: Calderas

Keywords: caldera | obsidian | lava flow | cone

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